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Soma Hewa

Adjunct Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Verified email at queensu.ca
Cited by 595

Specialists without spirit: Limitations of the mechanistic biomedical model

S Hewa, RW Hetherington - Theoretical Medicine, 1995 - Springer
This paper examines the origin and the development of the mechanistic model of the human
body and health in terms of Max Weber's theory of rationalization. It is argued that the …

[BOOK][B] Colonialism, tropical disease, and imperial medicine: Rockefeller Philanthropy in Sri Lanka

S Hewa - 1995 - books.google.com
For centuries, cultural imperialism has been practiced by Western colonizing nations
seeking to extend their hegemony around the globe. In this insightful study, Hewa sheds …

Effects of Methoxyfenozide, Indoxacarb, and Other Insecticides on the Beneficial Egg Parasitoid Trichogramma nr. brassicae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) …

S Hewa-Kapuge, S McDougall… - Journal of Economic …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Trichogramma nr. brassicae is a common egg parasitoid of Helicoverpa species in
Australian processing tomatoes, but its effectiveness can be severely curtailed by insecticide …

IASB's independence in the due process: an examination of interest groups' influence on the development of IFRS 9

SI Hewa, R Mala, J Chen - Accounting & Finance, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This mixed‐method study examines whether and how the International Accounting
Standards Board (IASB) was influenced by interest groups during the development of the …

Specialists without spirit: crisis in the nursing profession.

S Hewa, RW Hetherington - Journal of medical ethics, 1990 - jme.bmj.com
This paper examines the crisis in the nursing profession in Western industrial societies in the
light of Max Weber's theory of rationalisation. The domination of instrumental rational action …

[BOOK][B] Globalization, philanthropy, and civil society: toward a new political culture in the twenty-first century

S Hewa, D Stapleton - 2005 - books.google.com
Globalization is perhaps the most extensively discussed topic in contemporary academic
literature and mass media. Many philanthropic organizations work on a global level and …

The hookworm epidemic on the plantations in colonial Sri Lanka

S Hewa - Medical History, 1994 - cambridge.org
The history of disease and health in colonial Sri Lanka has been largely ignored. Historians
of colonial economic and social policies in that country have produced a deluge of materials …

[PDF][PDF] Sri Lanka's approach to Primary Healthcare: a success story in South Asia

S Hewa - Galle Medical Journal, 2011 - researchgate.net
The World Health Organization (WHO) advocates primary health care as the to promoting
health in developing countries. Since the Alma-Ata Declaration (1) in 1978, which …

The Protestant ethic and Rockefeller benevolence: The religious impulse in American philanthropy

S Hewa - Journal for the theory of social behaviour, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
This paper is an application of Max Weber's thesis about the “elective affinity” between
Protestant religious impulses and the rise of capitalism, and rationalization of benevolence …

Acclimation for heat resistance in Trichogramma nr. brassicae: can it occur without costs?

AA Hoffmann, S Hewa‐Kapuge - Functional Ecology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
It is well known that animals can increase their stress resistance by prior exposure to sub‐
lethal conditions, but this acclimation process is often accompanied by deleterious fitness …